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ADOLPH LEWISOHN DIES AT AGE OF 89; Banker, Donor of the Stadium Named for Him, Aided Great Variety of Charities Successful and Hapy. ADOLPH LEWISOHN DIES AT AGE OF 89 Came From Hamburg in 1867. Some of Chief Contributions. Gives German Library to College. Gets $30,000 for Prison Reform. GOVERNOR DEEPLY GRIEVED He Recalls Knowing Lewisohn Since Early Boyhood

Adolph Lewisohn, New York investnment broker and philanthro-. pist, died today at his Summer home on Upper Saranac Lake. He was 89 years old. Members of the family said death resulted from a heart attack. With him when he died were his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Lewisohn, and several grandchildren.

August 18, 1938

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